Deep Ocean Black Metal? What is it about black metal that, despite being plagued with crimes, bigotry and general unpleasant elitism, we keep coming back to it and so many non-fascist musicians dip their toes into it? Personally, I think it’s how black metal is so paradoxically flexible and static; the subgenre has such a rigid and definitive sonic identity that people can get creative with the right hook or at least an interesting concept. With that in mind, it is worth mentioning that US black metal is such a weird phenomenon; despite having a “scene” or at least a … Continue reading Review: Demon Sluice – Dancers Beneath Shores of Fire